No. 18-6495

Richard Anthony Trent v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is "suggestive" and what "appears" from those materials, and where the federal court then looks to policy reasons identified by this Court in interpreting a federal statute as an indication of how the state statute should be read?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is 'suggestive' and what 'appears' from those materials, and where the federal court then looks to policy reasons identified by this Court in interpreting a federal statute as an indication of how the state statute should be read?

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-10-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2018)
2018-08-10
Application (18A153) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until October 22, 2018.
2018-08-08
Application (18A153) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2018 to October 20, 2018, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Richard Trent
Howard A. PincusFed Pub. Def. for Dist. CO &WY, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent